Micromoon make guitar music for the 2020s. Pulling from shoegaze, ambient music and hip-hop they’ve become staples of London’s underground music world.??
Led by Ben Spence, who’s Fuzzbrain Studios has become the home of Island of Love, anti.Net, Chubby and the Gang, as well as countless other bands, rappers and producers, micromoon are as likely to be seen playing a punk show as they are a beat tape launch. Completely self produced at Fuzzbrain Studios, they aim to sonically reflect their environment. ?
Built off a platform of bass lines played by Dylan Gilchrist, pulling from electronic music as well as from more obvious influences like my bloody valentine. Added to this is the chorused guitar of Daniel Alvarez-Giraldo who's chords often resemble the soul music of Ralfi Pagan.On drums, Ben Spence replicates the big dynamics of hip-hop records, citing ScHoolboy Q’s Blank Face LP as a specific influence, alongside Black Sabbath like bursts. His quiet vocal delivery tells tales of violence, disillusionment and heartbreak through the lens of his upbringing. micromoon are completed by Tuka whose expansive vocal range contrasts Spence’s and brings a layer of fragility to the songwriting.??
Their run of singles released on Fuzzbrain Music have carved them out their own corner of London’s underground music. Hard to pin down as one thing and even harder to compare to others they are often called ahead of their time but micromoon are a band for today as much as they are tomorrow.
